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	Necks, The: Travel [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] Label: Northern Spy Product Code: 32944 Catalog Code: LP-NS-158 Country: USA		Price: $34.95 Out of Stock
Starting each day in the Australian studio with a 20-minute improvisation, The Necks trio of Chris Abrahams on piano & keyboards, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass developed this, their 21st album, as a collection of "shorter" and varied improvisations, released with minimal overdubs to present their music closer to their exceptional live performances.
	Necks, The: Travel Label: Northern Spy Product Code: 32943 Catalog Code: CD-NS-158 Country: USA		Price: $16.95 In Stock
Starting each day in the Australian studio with a 20-minute improvisation, The Necks trio of Chris Abrahams on piano & keyboards, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass developed this, their 21st album, as a collection of "shorter" and varied improvisations, released with minimal overdubs to present their music closer to their exceptional live performances.
	Roberts, Dean: Not Fire [Used Item] Label: erstwhile Product Code: 32802 Catalog Code: ErstPop 003 Country: USA		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Berlin-based songwriter Dean Roberts' first album in 12 years is a collection of dark and melancholic songs, set in unusual formats based around guitar, electronics, strings, with subtle rhythmic elements, performed by Dean's Dark Moth Ensemble, with additional musicians that include Boris Hauf on piano and The Neck's keyboardist Chris Abrahams on harp.
	Abrahams, Chris: Follower [VINYL] Label: Room40 Product Code: 32613 Catalog Code: RM 4162LP Country: Australia		Price: $28.95 In Stock
A diverse album of compositional work from Australian pianist and The Necks legend Chris Abrahams, in two works of rich ambience and spacious soundscape performed on acoustic and electric pianos, organ, detuned bells and acousmatic sources, contrasted with two more capricious works on acoustic piano, unusual percussive platforms, haunting tones and moody interjections.
	Rose, Jon / Chris Abrahams: Peggy Label: Recommended Records Product Code: 32109 Catalog Code: RER JRCA Country: UK		Price: $15.95 In Stock
"As Frogworth says in one review: 'Two giants of Australian avant-garde music getting together here, dedicating their record to Australian composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks, whose house in Paddington, Sydney is used for residencies/sabbatic...
	Necks, The: Vertigo [VINYL] Label: ReR Vinyl Product Code: 31781 Catalog Code: RER VN12 Country: UK		Price: $26.95 In Stock
Reissuing The Necks 18th album, finding the Australian trio of drummer/percussionist Tony Buck, bassist Lloyd Swanton and pianist/keyboardist Chris Abrahams in a vertiginous 44 minute dark excursion punctuated by cliff hanging moments through homemade instruments and unusual textures, one of the darker and more cathartic albums from The Necks large discography.
	Avenaim, Robbie / Chris Abrahams / Jim Denley: Weft Label: Relative Pitch Product Code: 30681 Catalog Code: RPR1126 Country: USA		Price: $13.95 In Stock
The Australian trio of percussionist Robbie Avenaim, keyboard player Chris Abrahams performing on a Waldorf Q+ Synthesiser and bass flutist Jim Denley, all compatriots in a variety of groupings, in an extended studio improvisation of spacious textures and rapidly understated percussive elements, aptly titled for the weaving and cris-crossing threads on a loom.
	Necks, The: Mindset [VINYL] Label: ReR Vinyl Product Code: 30494 Catalog Code: RER VN10 Country: UK		Price: $23.95 In Stock
The Necks 16th release layers polyrhythmic material to form seething blocks of sound, in two long pieces, one more stripped back to the live trio, the other featuring multiple strata of swirling Hammonds, noise-guitar and electronics.
	Abrahams, Chris / Mark Wastell: A Thousand Sacred Steps Label: Confront Product Code: 30250 Catalog Code: confront core 01EP Country: UK		Price: $9.95 In Stock
Drenched in beautiful ambiance, this inspired and spiritual meeting between Necks pianist Chris Abrahams and percussionist Mark Wastell performing on tam-tam and cymbals, was recorded while The Necks were in residence at Cafe Oto in London, the empathy between the two immediately evident in their graceful approach to these four evolving improvisations.
	Roberts, Dean: Not Fire Label: erstwhile Product Code: 29064 Catalog Code: ErstPop 003 Country: USA		Price: $14.95 In Stock
Berlin-based songwriter Dean Roberts' first album in 12 years is a collection of dark and melancholic songs, set in unusual formats based around guitar, electronics, strings, with subtle rhythmic elements, performed by Dean's Dark Moth Ensemble, with additional musicians that include Boris Hauf on piano and The Neck's keyboardist Chris Abrahams on harp.
	176 (Chris Abrahams / Anthony Pateras): Music In Eight Octaves Label: Immediata Product Code: 24298 Catalog Code: IMM011 Country: Australia		Price: $18.95 In Stock
In 2005 Australian pianists Chris Abrahams (The Necks) and Anthony Pateras multi-tracked 4 takes in each octave of the piano, superimposing them over each other to create a kaleidoscopic maelstrom of pianistic energy, layers of piano creating a hypnotic and dizzying set of textures and unexpected sonic intersections.
	Bosetti, Alessandro / Chris Abrahams: A Heart That Responds From Schooling Label: Unsounds Product Code: 20639 Catalog Code: 50U Country: Netherlands		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The 2nd release from Italian composer/performer Alessandro Bosetti and Australian pianist Chris Abrahams (The Necks), a very intimate album of sonic explorations that spans improvised fragments and original renditions of compositions like Steve Lacy's "Esteem" with Bosetti's lyrics.
	Abrahams, Chris / Clare Cooper: Germ Studies For Guzheng & DX7 Label: Splitrec Product Code: 20294 Catalog Code: 19 Country: Australia		Price: $26.95 In Stock
The Australian duo of pianist Chris Abrahams (Necks) & Berlin harpist Clare Cooper in a series of 198 short improvisations performed on Yamaha DX7 and the 14th century Guzheng harp, presented with 198 illustrations in an unusual and obsessively rewarding project.
	Kahn, Jason: Open Space [VINYL 2 LPs] Label: Editions Product Code: 17581 Catalog Code: Editions 002 Country: Switzerland		Price: $29.95 In Stock
Jason Kahn developed these graphic scores, commissioned by the 2012 now NOW Festival in Australia, to push these specific players into situations outside of their comfort zone, as heard in this double LP which includes copies of the score plus notes and interviews.
	Bosetti, Alessandro / Chris Abrahams: We Who Had Left Label: Mikroton Recordings Product Code: 17102 Catalog Code: cd 19 Country: Russia		Price: $13.95 In Stock
Necks pianist Chris Abrahams teams up with electronic artist and sound poet Alessandro Bosetti for 6 introspective and mysterious tracks that mix Necks-like playing with ambient electronics and curious monologs, plus one waltz.
	Necks, The: Silverwater Label: Recommended Records Product Code: 12361 Catalog Code: RERNECKS9 Country: USA		Price: $15.95 In Stock
The trio of Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton & Tony Buck in their first release in 4 years, named for an industrial suburb, a bleak and beautifully building affair in The Necks tradition.
	Necks, The: Townsville Label: Recommended Records Product Code: 08972 Catalog Code: RERNECKS8 Country: USA		Price: $15.95 In Stock
A long, lovely and flowing improvisation from the Necks in a 54 minute live recording recorded in Townsville, Northern Queensland in February, 2007.
	Necks, The: Chemist Label: Recommended Records Product Code: 06483 Catalog Code: RERNECKS7 Country: Great Britain		Price: $15.95 In Stock

	Necks, The: Hanging Gardens Label: Recommended Records Product Code: 01435 Catalog Code: RERNECKS1 Country: Great Britain		Price: $15.95 In Stock